Life goals

About The SMART Model – The Importance Of Making Goals Specific To Succeed

ByPsychologist & Therapist Jenny Rapp
Monday – Life goals:
 
Up until now we have looked at your problems, the likely root causes as well as the dimensions of your current life that you would like to focus on.
 
Now it is time to start formulate actual goals to get a desired direction.
 
A useful tool for this is the SMART model.
 
This stands for 5 important characteristics of goalsetting:
Specific Measurable Achievable Relevant Time Limited, to help you set and achieve motivating goals.
 
Here is the first:
 
1. Specific:
 
Goals should be concrete and reflect how life will be when you have reached your goal.
 
The goal better sleep is a start, but feeling rested is even more concrete because it describes an experience and is easier to compare.
 
Remember to use use active words that indicate a direction for your desired state.
 
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